It worked beautifully, thanks Robert. I'm also going to take a look at 
popen, I say it used in another program and it looks promising.

Kind regards,

Nick

Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
> try this:
> 
> sql = `perl vendor\\sql\\sql.pl "#{@question.sql}"`
> 
> Regards
> 
>     robert


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